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December 08, 2007 To my dearest friends, As many of you might have noticed, my MSN account was infected by the virus. Unknown links had been sent out under my name even though I haven't logged on MSN for quite a while. I've changed my password, so it should be fine now. However, my most serious sorry to: Those who always trust me and therefore opened the link without hesitation, which unfortunately, got you infected too; Those who had acknowledged this virus ahead of time but were bothered again and again by those instant messages if you kept me on your list; Those who tried to contact me but in vain because, as I said, I haven't logged on since it's infected; Besides, many thanks to those who left me a message about the virus. Tonight I logged on with the new password, and I was really moved by the numbers of messages I've received during the past two weeks. (well, credits should also be given to Microsoft who made it possible that friends could leave you a message even when you were offline:) ). To be honest, not everyone on my contact list keeps a close relationship with me, and some even have not talked to me for years. But the warm messages reminded me an old saying: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Thank you and Love you all. Yours, Lu Yu

After days of depression, nights of red wine, and boxes of tissue, I finally made my way back to work, and to normal, I believe. Winter should not have been a sadder season than fall, which is my favorite for the sake of nature's colors. It's the time for the rich to show off whatever fur, the thin to enjoy as many layers of cloths as necessary, the young to laugh in snowball fights, and the western to prepare for the most significant family gathering of the year, none of which has anything to do with me. As usual, my winter is full of readings, papers, meetings and projects. As usual, I am alone, which has made it almost impossible for me to feel any warm, even with the heat on, both at home and school. One more friend announced her wedding date, therefore two more people will farewell loneliness soon--- is that the deemed equation? One good thing about a heavy load of work is that you couldn't let yourself down for a long time, otherwise you'd better contact a job hunter. No matter what happened to you personally, you couldn't use it (them) as excuse(s) to screw the deadlines. I saw the shadows of my students' puzzled faces when sitting at window, doing nothing; I recalled bell hooks' sharp critiques when drinking at mid-night; and the fieldnotes of my trip to Skaneateles haunted me all the time. I have to go back to normal, 'caz I haven't been contacted by another job hunter. :)